Two confirmed dead, one unaccounted for but found some feathers with tissue attached in the adjacent barn lot. Not sure what got them, but my main suspicion is raccoons. It rained all day yesterday and got cold, so our black lab was under the carport on the other side of the house last night. He has been sleeping on the deck near the coop and I think he keeps predators away at night. While the Guineas have been sleeping in their coop at night, we have not been locking them in. For sure we will from now on at night. There must have been a ruckus in the coop by whatever got them...their roosting sticks were all knocked down and one bird the only thing remaining was its head and neck.
Ugh. Poor babies!
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Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this!! :(
ReplyDeleteHopefully that's the worst of it.
oh no that's AWFUL!!
ReplyDeletei'm sorry :(
we've lost several of ours as well
it's strange they left a head..i thought i had read somewhere sometimes that's the only part they will take
whatever it was..i hope it doesn't happen again!
ps--enjoy your tambourine's :)
I hate racoons. I am so sorry for this. Mine sleep very high in my trees. can you let them stay loose?
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